Microsoft finally unveiled the Xbox One and it didn't come without its fair share rebuttal. While no actual gameplay footage was on display at the Xbox One reveal, E3 will play host to 15 exclusive titles for Microsoft's upcoming console. Still, many gamers were downed about the used game fee(s), the mandatory 24 hour check-in and Kinect's always-listening/watching. However, there were a few upsides, including the Wii U getting a huge sales boost thanks to the XB1 announcement blunders and EA teasing more Mirror's Edge 2. These stories and more in this May 25th, 2013 edition of the Gaming Blend Weekly Recap.
Sunday
SimCity Crack Allows Offline Saves, Bigger Cities, Population Fix Well, gamers asked for it...so here it is...sort of.
Hearthstone Heroes Warcraft Warrior Class Is Full of Rage Blizzard unveils a new character for Hearthstone in the form of a rage-induced warrior.
Guilty Gear Xrd Sign Announced With Unreal Engine Trailer Who would have ever thought that a 2D fighting game could be made in the Unreal Engine? I certainly didn't.
Among The Sleep Fully Funded On Kickstarter Great news for gamers looking for a horror-themed platforming game that's also first person and offers Rift support.
World of Warcraft Patch 5.3 Launches Blizzard unleashes the latest patch for World of Wacraft, offering new fixes, game balances and dungeons to raid.
Batman Arkham Origins Features Kevin Conroy As Voice Of Batman The legend is back and doing the voice for the one and only Batman.
Novelist Puts Spin on Voyeurism, Lands on Steam Greenlight An interesting new game from an indie group challenges the way players interact and progress in a game.
Lord of the Rings Online Launches Treachery of White Hand Update. A new update from Turbine brings some new content and areas to explore.
Monday
Diablo 3 PS4 Trailer Discusses Exclusive Features Brand new features never before featured in the PC version of Diablo 3 are showcased for Sony's console.
Batman Arkham Origins DLC Makes Deathstroke Playable One of the coolest and most underused DC characters will be playable in Arkham Origins.
Austin Wintory Interview: Exploring Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded, Banner Saga And Journey We have an extended interview session with the man behind the music to games like Monaco and Journey. Check out the full interview right here.
Brutal Hexen Receives Interactive Items, Wildlife, New Class A new update for Brutal Hexen further expands the game beyond the original limits when the game first released.
Nintendo 3DS Sets Pace For Best Year Sales Yet Nintendo may be getting a lot of flack from EA, but they're doing a lot better than the rEApers when it comes to sales to profit ratio.
Guncraft Adds Meteor Survival Mode Dodge falling meteors, build an amazing castle-thingy or take cover and hide underground. Nothing can stop voxel armageddon!
FIFA 14 Confirmed For Xbox Infinity Microsoft's next generation Xbox will receive EA's annual release of FIFA titles.
Batman Arkham Origins Screenshots Confirm Joker, Anarky Joker and Anarky are confirmed to appear in Arkham Origins. The game is really shaping up quite nicely, yeah?
Tuesday
Spider-Man 2 Developer Unveils Energy Hook With $1 Kickstarter It's an innovative way to at least get people supporting the game and contributing without having to feel obligated to support the project for fear of the crowd-funding aim not meeting its goal.
CastleStorm Storms XBLA May 29th You can check out the physics-based arcade title for XBLA later this month.
Shadow Warrior Announced For PC, PS4 The reboot of the classic 1990s shooter has officially been announced by veteran shooter developer, Flying Wild Hog.
Xbox One's Kinect is Always On And Listening The Kinect never turns off and it's always keeping an eye on you.
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded Delayed To Late June Replay Studios hits the delay button on Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded to polish up the game.
Pinball Arcade Offers Bundled Savings For PS, Vita Save big on the pinball arcade titles for Sony's platforms.
Dragon Prophet Soars Into Open Beta May 30th The game will arrive for the masses at the end of May.
Enlighten Next Generation Lighting Tech Available For Xbox One Geomerics has announced that their next generation lighting tool is currently available to developers for Microsoft's recently announced Xbox One.
PS4 Vs Xbox One Console Reveal Breakdown So which console won...in your opinion?
Xbox One Announced, Has Specs Almost Equivalent to PS4 Microsoft unveils its next-gen media entertainment device and it's quite the spectacle.
Forza Motorsport 5 Announced With Xbox One Trailer The next phase in Forza Motorsport gets unveiled.
Xbox One Isn't Always On, Doesn't Have Backwards Compatibility Sometimes you have to give and other times you have to take...you can be the judge of which one is which in this case.
Battlefield 4 Release Date Confirmed New DLC has also been confirmed as a pre-order bonus.
Robotech RPG Tactics Fully Funded on Kickstarter The tabletop game gets some massive funding help thanks to a snazzy campaign with a cool video.
Soldier Front 2 Introduces Alien Modes Fight off hordes of space invaders with your friends in the latest update for the free-to-play MOFPS from Aeria Games.
Warriors Come Out To Play on PSN One of the very best games of all time, and a complete blockbuster from two generations ago makes a return to form on the PlayStation Network.
Xbox One Does Not Allow Indie Devs To Self Publish Why? Because that's not part of the old policy.
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Hits PC This August The revamped, DLC-included edition holds nothing back on PC.
Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Launches on PC One of the many arch-rivals to Diablo III has finally become available at a budget price on Steam.
Xbox One E3 Conference Will Be About Games, Games and More Games It better be, they really did drop the ball during the initial reveal.
Thursday
Need for Speed Next Game Teased by EA Two-time running worst company in America award winner is unveiling their latest Need for Speed title.
PlayInjector Pay What You Want Bundle Store Opens Pay whatever you want for new and old games with the new store.
Ryse Xbox One Exclusive The game that Crytek teased from an E3 ago will be made available and showcased in all its glory at this year's E3 event.
Xbox One Used game Fee Has Gamers Raging, Angry Joe Fights Back Things get out of hand as Angry Joe defends gamers against the tyranny of anti-consumerism.
Xbox One And PS4 A Generation Ahead of Gaming PCs, Says EA An entire generation ahead. Really, EA?
Star Trek Online Updates With Free Legacy Romulus Content Free content update? Well, count in Trekkie fans...I'm sure they could use the free content.
XB1 Can't Use Xbox 360 Headsets, Turtle Beach Announces XB1 Headsets The Xbox One won't be supporting old peripherals from the Xbox 360. However, Turtle Beach has come to the rescue.
Need for Speed Rivals Hitting Xbox One, PS4 This Year What would 2013 be without an annual Need for Speed rehash? Oops, I mean release.
Global Twitter Poll Shows 88% PS4, 12% for Xbox One The Twitter-space is not happy about the Xbox One.
Elder Scrolls Online Unveils Wamasu, Giant Electric Lizard. Well, everyone once in a while gamers like to fight giant electric lizards...I guess.
KontrolFreek Giving Away 10 Free Xbox One Consoles Microsoft is handing out 10, count 'em, 10 Xbox One consoles courtesy of KontrolFreek. Click through the link to find out how you can get one, too.
Dead Island Developer Announces Survival Horror Game, Dying Light Techland is keeping with their horror-survival roots with the latest title, Dying Light.
Xbox One Reveal Splits Gamers, According To Poll Some Xbox fans are for it, others...well, not so much.
Friday
Epic Mickey 2 Ventures Onto Vita This June After making less than promising waves on multiple consoles, Epic Mickey 2 will now be available for the Vita this summer.
GTA V Collector's Edition Special Edition Stocked With Game Bonuses Check out all the cool stuff you get when you pre-order GTA V with one of the limited editions.
Kinect Fundamental To Xbox One Success, Says Microsoft The Kinect 2.0 is going to be a strong focus on the next generation Xbox.
Microsoft Blames Gaming Media For Xbox One Consumer Rage So was it Microsoft or gaming media's fault for making the Xbox One suck in the eyes of the gaming community?
Rush Bros Makes Mad Dash Onto Steam A new indie title makes the step onto Steam.
Joe Danger Games Set To Backflip Onto Steam After gaining massive success on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox Live Arcade, the stunt-series finally makes the leap onto Steam.
Xbox One Allows Multiple Users Single Xbox Live Gold Subscription You can use multiple gamer tags on a single Xbox Live Gold subscription.
Need for Speed Rivals Not Coming to Wii U EA continues to prevent gamers from accessing their games on the Wii U.
Saturday
Xbox One Used Game Activation Fee $52? It's possible gamers could be paying out the bunghole in used game fees if it's true what the retailers are saying.
Three Kirby Games Steamroll onto Nintendo eShop Some of Nintendo's most reliable mascots starts to kick it into high gear for the Nintendo 3DS.
NeoGeo X Gold Gets 15 Games This June 15 brand new games are expected to land for the NeoGeo X Gold this June.
Why Gran Turismo 6 is on PS3 Instead of PS4 Polyphony explains why the new sequel isn't a next-gen launch title.
Forza Motorsport 5 Box Art Reveals Xbox One Style Check out the first box art for Microsoft's next gen console.
Ninja Theory Announces Fightback A new game made exclusively for mobile devices.
GRID 2 Mono Edition Most Expensive Video Game Ever it comes with a super sports car.
That wraps up this edition of the Gaming blend Weekly Recap. You can check out the new video for Batman: Arkham Origins showing Batman taking on Deathstroke. Enjoy.
